Pathway to Licensure - Engineer

Information provided in this Pathway is generic, please contact the Association by email at registration@engineersnovascotia.ca for personalized information.
Effective January 2, 2019 a World Education Services(WES) ICAP course-by-course credential assessment is required for an assessment by the Board of Examiners.

Write Technical
Exams Passed
< 10 Exams*
Years

# > 10 Has
Years of Years Interview
No
Engineering
Internation Experience
been
offered by
al B.Eng. the BOE?

No
Yes

Submit an
Is
application Interview Interview
Ye
s
to Internation Yes
Passed?

Engineers al B.Eng.
Nova Scotia with M.Eng. Are
No Register as an
Exams
for (same Required? Engineer-in-
Assessment discipline) Training

Both of the following are required

CEAB
Accredited 4 year experience
B.Eng. requirement completed NPPE Passed
(Including 1 year in a
Canadian environment) **
Legend
Education Assessment
Decision
Point
Experience Review
Apply for P.Eng.

CEAB: Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board

NPPE: National Professional Practice Exam
BOE: Board of Examiners
* Eligible applicants may be offered the option to write the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam in lieu of confirmatory exams, however Engineering Economics must be completed. Full details
on an applicant’s situation are provided in a letter from the Director of Registration, all applicants are assessed individually. Approved by the Board of Examiners June 28, 2017.

** If you have 48 months of engineering experience approved by the Board of Examiners, the Canadian environment experience content may be satisfied by completion of courses as listed
on the Registration page of the Engineers Nova Scotia website under Experience Requirements.